Archive for June 2010
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June 30, 2010
Financially at-risk LEAs on the rise
Nearly one in six local educational agencies in California are at risk of being unable to pay their bills over the next two fiscal years, according to a report released Tuesday by the California Department of Education.
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June 30, 2010
Administrator internship program hits record high
Education Pioneers, an Oakland-based fellowship program for the training of school administrators, reports receiving a record number of applicants this spring among graduate students nationwide.
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June 29, 2010
Opposition mounts against shift of SIG money from QEIA
Looking for creative ways to help close the near-$20 billion budget shortfall, state Senators have proposed shifting $165 million of the newly approved School Improvement Grant money to a program supporting low-performing schools created four years ago out of a court settlement with the governor.
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June 29, 2010
Clean energy-based career tech bill advances in Assembly
Legislation that would create a competitive grant program to support facility and equipment purchases that would create opportunities for lessons on sustainable energy advanced through an Assembly committee Monday.
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June 28, 2010
Districts face challenges to meet SIG deadlines
News late last week that federal officials had finally approved California's application for the School Improvement Grant program may have relieved some frayed nerves in Sacramento - but it didn't change the realities facing local officials.
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June 28, 2010
State officials to finalize parent trigger law
Six months ago, some lawmakers in Sacramento were concerned that a new law giving parents rights to force school restructuring could undermine the foundations of the public school system.
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June 25, 2010
Feds finally approve state SIG application, July 2 new deadline
After months of waiting, the U.S. Department of Education announced today approval of California's School Improvement Grant program and award of nearly $416 million for low-performing schools.
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June 25, 2010
School libraries hit hard by budget crisis
American Association of School Administrators reports that 19 percent of the nation's school districts will have fewer librarians next year, based on a recent national survey.
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June 25, 2010
Brownley introduces $6.1 billion school construction bond
In an effort to fill the growing funding void for school construction, Assemblywoman Julia Brownley reintroduced Thursday legislation authorizing $6.1 billion in statewide bonds.
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June 24, 2010
Senate panel approves CSR funding bill and new records retention rules
A key legislative committee moved Wednesday to soften a cap on funding of the Class Size Reduction program tied to a 2008 participation benchmark.
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